36th Annual IDA Documentary Awards Judging Committee Chairs and Members
Judging of the IDA Documentary Awards is based on overall creative excellence. The nominees were selected by independent committees of 191 documentary makers, curators, critics, and industry experts from 25 countries.
Best Feature and Best Director Nominating Committee
Chairs: James Costa
Members: Eric Deggans, Laura Kim, Jack Lerner, Lauren Lexton, Cynthia Lopez, Gil Robertson, Linda Johnson Rice, Brenda Robinson, Don Young
Best Feature Shortlist Committee
Chairs: Claire Aguilar, Jeanelle Augustin, Meghan Monsour, Marion Schmidt, Basil Tsiokos
Members: Talal Afifi, Anto Astudillo, Amanda Branson-Gill, Joe Brewster, Azza Chaabouni, Pritha Chakraborty, Miriam Chandy, Ashley Clark, Rhea Combs, Joseph Fahim, Jason Fitzroy Jeffers, Ksenia Gapchenko, Amir George, Cíntia Gil, Everardo González, Alana Hauser, Darian Henry, Set Hernandez Rongkilyo, Martin Horyna, Darol Kae, Gary Byung-seok Kam, Butheina Kazim, Laura Kloeckner, Jim Kolmar, Selin Murat, Guevara Namer, Tracy Nguyen-Chung, Martha Orozco, Inney Prakash, Yoruba Richen, Sabrina Schmidt Gordon, Jon Sesrie-Goff, Paisley Smith, Michele Stephenson, Abby Sun, Sarah Tai-Black, Kimi Takesue, Jean Tsien, Rudy Valdez, Chai Vasarhelyi, Aldo Velasco, Baby Ruth Villarama, Cameron Yates, Mostafa Youssef
Best Short Committee
Chairs: Cynthia Kane, Betsy Tsai
Members: Anne Aghion, Ra'anan Alexandrowicz, Asha Boston, Sue Ding, Roisin Geraghty, Lisa Scott Gordon, Toni Kamau, Elizabeth Lawrence, Mitch Levine, Jess O’Kane, David Osit, Alenka Pavlin, Richard Ray Perez, Kellen Quinn, Scarlett Robertson, Liz Sargent, Sophie Schrago, Iliana Sosa
Best Curated Series Committee
Chairs: Ann Hassett, Bob Niemack
Members: Enrique Del Rio, Stephen Farrier, Jerry Gonzalez, Susanne Guggenberger, Susan Hoskins, Dan Jackson, Marlene McCurtis, Cornelius Uliano, Gee Yeung
Best Episodic Series Committee
Chair: Gita Saedi Kiely
Members: Justine Armen, Danfung Dennis, Andrew DeVigal, Martina Durac, Joanne Feinberg, Indu Krishnan, Greg Snider, Brooke Swaney
Best Multi-Part Documentary Committee
Chair: Poh Si Teng
Members: Kelly Anderson, Charlotte Engel, Chloe Gbai, Dario Guerrero, Lucila Moctezuma, Smriti Mundhra, Pegi Vail, Lisa Valencia-Svensson
Best Short Form Series Committee
Chair: Nevo Shinaar
Members: Sigrid Dyekjær, Razi Jafri, Mor Loushy, Brittany Nugent, Sebastián Pinzón Silva, Veena Rao, Gil Sima, Naeema Jamilah Torres
Best Audio Documentary Committee
Chair: Sonari Glinton
Members: John Asante, Je-Anne Berry, Leah Donnella, Sonya Green, George Lavender, Paola Mardo, Rich Preston, Madhulika Sikka
Best Music Documentary Committee
Chair: Amy Goldstein
Members: Joan Churchill, Melissa Haizlip, Maya Daisy Hawke, Jayson Jackson, Nicole London, Doug Pray, Fernando Villena
David L. Wolper Student Documentary Committee
Chair: Erica Ginsberg
Members: Josh Davidsburg, Helen De Michiel, Sherard Duvall, Peter Gerard, Gretchen Hildebran, Brian Hu, Chithra Jeyaram, Anjanette Levert, Stephanie Tangklisan
Best Cinematography Committee
Chair: Shana Hagan
Members: Sandra Chandler, Bryan Donnell, Asad Faruqi, Jerry Henry, Samir Ljuma, Arlene Nelson, Judy Phu, Clair Popkin, Martina Radwan, Goro Toshima
Best Editing Committee
Chair: Juli Vizza
Members: Victoria Chalk, Kelly Creedon, Sarah Garrahan, Princess A. Hairston, Rabab Haj Yahya, Chris McNabb, Julia Neill, M'Daya Meliani, Randy Redroad, Josaen Ronquillo
Best Writing Committee
Chair: Victor Buhler
Members: Julian Cautherley, Bedatri Choudhury, Emily Cohen Ibañez, Chico Colvard, Jess Conway, Carol Dysinger
Best Music Score Committee
Chair: Vivek Maddala
Members: Mark Adler, Ramon Balcazar, Jongnic Bontemps, BC Campbell, Sherri Chung, Joel Goodman, Mark Killian, Nora Kroll Rosenbaum, Jonathan Zalben
Pare Lorentz Committee
Chair: Harrison Engle
Members: Dennis Dimmick, Hillary Grey, Tilly Grey, Tamara Kotevska, David Resha
Pre-Screening Committee
Compiled of both film students and emerging industry professionals, the Pre-Screening Committee is responsible for screening submissions in all categories to ensure eligibility.
Members: Anna Lee Ackermann, Olivia Andrus, Alessandra Berti, Evyenia Constantine, Pedro Cota, Megan Daniels, Rita Dennin, Nancy Dionne, Nick Forsythe, Ronak Gandhi, Yuxing Guo, Zulfiya Hamzaki, Ryan Howard, Emory Chao Johnson, Chloe Kurabi, Boning Li, Laura Lovo, Christine Luther, Brynne McKee, Grant Miller, Clara Mokri, Ana Montgomery-Neutze, Sylvia Mueller, Becca Olson, Eleonora Privitera, Christine Saab, Sarah Sabatke, Olga Shelukhova, Maria Smith, Sofia Stuart-Rasi, Marie Vanderrusten, Brie White, Goran Zaneti, Laura Zephirin
Awards Staff
Ranell Shubert, Awards Competition Manager
Kenneth Brown, Awards Competition Coordinator
Eddie Hustleby, Awards Competition Assistant
Simon Kilmurry, Awards Show Producer
Cassidy Dimon, Awards Show Producer
Susan Yin, Digital Marketing and Visual Identity
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Jina Chung, Development Director
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